略论钱选在古代绘画史中的地位

进入元代以后,钱选作为一个遗民画家,拒绝了新王朝的征聘而潜心于绘画艺术,这种格趣上的转向给他的艺术作品带来新的气质。钱选前期的画作在表现技巧和精神风貌上深受南宋院画的影响,后期的一些作品则较明显突破了院画体格的羁绊,在用墨和皴擦上呈现出宋元文人画家的特征。值得一提的是钱选的以诗题画,号称"吴兴八俊"的钱选的诗作多由感而作,他常将他的诗文题写到画作之中,并在诗、书、画、印的有机融合上独树一帜,从而构成了后来文人画的基本形制。

The position of Qian Xuan in the ancient Chinese painting history

Xian Xuan as a painter loyal to the Song Dynasty refused the appointment by the Yuan Dynasty and absorbed himself in painting instead.The change in his life experience injected vigor into his works.His early works came under the influence of the Imperial Painting Academy of Southern Song Dynasty while his late works broke the fetters of that style.What is worth mentioning is that he wrote poems on his paintings.Qian Xuan as one of the "Eight Prominent Poets" at the time developed his distinctive style by the integration of poems,calligraphy,painting and seals,which set the pace for the Chinese ancient paintings.